Dive Summary:
- Florida State University Panama City student Benjamin Blouin faces third-degree felony charges for hacking into the school's wireless network and redirecting users from the school's homepage to a porn site.
- The 26-year-old student says he hacked the system because he wanted to demonstrate its security flaws.
- The university has since shut down public access to the wifi network, implemented security upgrades and now requires users to log in, which Blouin says is what he wanted all along.
From the article:
... Blouin, a computer engineering student, said he has been trying to bring the risks associated with the unsecured wireless network to the attention of school officials since last year.
“Anybody’s identity, while they’re logged onto that network, could be at risk,” Blouin said. ...